All this is a good sign, for it confirms the position in which a contemporary writer ought to stand toward another, greater, writer he is bent on imitating.

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Teresa de Avila and Jack Hitt, a contemporary American writer.

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However, once again, if the director and writer had updated the motif to something more contemporary and less (unitentionally no doubt) ironic, the philosophical baggage might not weigh things down too much.

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